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Iowa Air National Guard; The Iowa National Guard headquarters is at Camp Dodge in Johnston, several miles north of the state capital Des Moines. The facility serves double duty as a continuity of government facility for the state of Iowa, as well as hosting the central hub of the state's extensive fiber optic network. When National Guard troops ...
The Iowa Army National Guard was originally formed in 1838. The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various state militias into the present National Guard system. The 133d Infantry Regiment, formerly the 2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, served as part of the 67th Infantry Brigade, 34th Division, during World War I.
The division continues to serve today, with most of the division part of the Minnesota and Iowa National Guard. In 2011, it was staffed by roughly 6,500 soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard, [5] 2,900 from the Iowa National Guard, about 300 from the Nebraska National Guard, and about 100 from other states. [6]
Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn, the adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, re-upped his request to lawmakers for changes to the Iowa National Guard service scholarship to include more non ...
47th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia worn by 34th Infantry Brigade, now 2nd Brigade, 34th Division, 1968-91. The history of the 2nd Brigade Headquarters began in June, 1924 with the activation in Boone of Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 2nd Battalion, 185th Field Artillery, a unit of the 34th Infantry Division.
Iowa National Guard soldiers departed from Waterloo to continue a Kosovo peacekeeping mission that has lasted for 20 years.
The Iowa soldiers from the 186th Military Police Company will leave this Sunday, Jan. 7, for a nine-month stay in Kosovo in southeastern Europe, according to a release from the Iowa National Guard.
Human Statue of Liberty, created by Mole and Thomas using 18,000 officers and enlisted men at Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Iowa, 1918, during World War I. Camp Dodge is a military installation in the city of Johnston, Iowa. Centrally located near the capital of Iowa, it currently serves as the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard.